first of all, when the u.s. announced that secretary clinton would be coming here to visit, remember she came at the end of last year, some political prisoners were released. you had these elections, parliamentary elections. another award from the u.s. they opened an embassy. so they point out there are these little steps that this country has taken and that the u.s. has rewarded them, but at the same time, there is a long way to go. no one believes this country put behind it some of these struggles of the past. the president saying, that coming here will provide some encouragement on that long road to democracy, don. >> dan, i'm being informed that pictures we were looking at were indeed live. we aren't sure because we aren't in charge of the pictures. but again, the president leaving. tell me more about the trip. did she encourage this trip? >> she really did and remember, she also went to washington back in september and met with the president. very much wanted the president to come here. as you know, there i